Dimensional DIY Paper Lanterns

Here comes another set of DIY paper lanterns with a new floral design. This time they are glowing colored light!

You can download the free DIY paper lantern templates at the end!

( Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links. Full disclosure here. ) Although it is nice to have a bright candle flickering inside the paper lantern, I highly recommend using LED candles or these LED Warm White String Lights which are very bright, and are safer than real candles!

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In case you missed the first set of DIY paper lanterns, here they are.

I will list all the materials below again to make thing easier. ( Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links. Full disclosure here. )

white paper : I used this great quality index card stock , which worked beautifully to get more of the dimensional effect. There’s a lot of confusion between index vs cover (heavier) card stock, and the ways paper weight is labeled. This paper is the perfect weight, not too flimsy like text paper, not too heavy yet hold its shape nicely.

you can use a Silhouette Portrait or Cameo, but it’s easy enough to cut with an X-acto knife. And free templates which you can download at the end

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I made these free templates, you can download at the end!

The process is the same as the first tutorial– after cutting them by hand or on your Silhouette, fold those petals up so the blossoms become three dimensional.

This pattern is a little more intricate, so use a spatula or butter knife to help lift them off the cutting mat!

Tape some colored vellum before taping the paper, so we can have colored light shining through.

Now light the LED candles or LED Warm White String Lights and enjoy your new set of lanterns! What I noticed is that the candle light has a warm golden glow to it, so the velum takes on a warm color, and the yellow is enhanced, the purple turns into a rose color, and the light pink take on more of the gold / orange. I hope you will try some different colors and let me know how they turn out!

Wow these are beautiful! My fiance and I watched Disney’s Tangled on our first date and when he proposed to me he had some lanterns like in the movie. We are now looking into making some for our wedding and these are absolutely awesome for that. Thanks for sharing!

I only have one container that fits the requirements – it is basically a cube but I have a squat drinking glass with 8 sides that I might try, as well. I will use tissue paper instead of vellum since I have lots of that, including a funky one. It is white but has little coloured stars. Today is Victoria Day here in Canada, usually celebrated with fireworks. I will make a couple of these, and maybe some tin cans with punched holes, and put them in the window after dark. Thanks for the beautiful project.

How do you do it with plastic bottles? I would love to do that for my wedding centerpieces so I can assemble them all together and transport them easier. What kind of bottles would you recommend? I’d love to have the 3 different heights.

Hi I have just seen your fantastic paper lanterns and would love to make these . I have a silhouette portrait but am new to using this machine . Can you tell me what I put in to silhouette store to get these fab flower designs thank you for your he

These paper lanterns are really lovely – too bad I don’t have a silhouette-cutter… I have a Zing and I use Make-the-Cut … importing the pdfs doesn’t give me the perfect result as the studio3 in Silhouette. Tips on how to solve this ?

My daughter and I think these are great! In two weeks we will be using them as the centre pieces for her wedding! I downloaded your pattern and cut them out with my Full Spectrum hobby laser. most of the materials came from the dollar store. The glass vases were wrapped in a single layer of green tissue paper. I used sketch pad paper for a more organic texture. Colour was added to the paper using a water colour wash sparingly applied horizontally with a kitchen sponge. It was fun to make sure each sheet was a little different. Battery tea lights will provide illumination. I would love to send you a photo or two.

I have tried nine times to download these templates. The other similar lantern templates downloaded just fine, but this one keeps taking me to the “sign up” yellow button….which I have done nine times and NOTHING! Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

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